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"[I]f the individual is no longer to be sovereign, if the police can pick him up whenever they do not like the cut of his jib, if they can 'seize' and 'search' him in their discretion, we enter a new regime. The decision to enter it should be made only after a full debate by the people of this country." - U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas
While capturing al Awlaki would have been preferable, the memo states that "we also understand that an operation by either agency to capture al-Aulaqi in Yemen would be infeasible at this time."The memo, prepared by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, says that because the U.S. government considered al Awlaki to be an "operational leader" of an "enemy force," it would be legal for the CIA to attack him with a drone "as part of the United States' ongoing non-international armed conflict with al Qaeda," even though he was a U.S. citizen.
The memo also says the killing of al Awlaki by U.S. military forces would be legal under an authorization for the use of U.S. military force approved by Congress following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, D.C.
#Syria: video of various clips of ISIS fighting in Deir az-Zor, incl. taking a tank from Jabhat al-Nusra: https://t.co/bD8MaBmo2I
- Aymenn J Al-Tamimi (@ajaltamimi) June 15, 2014
#Syria: Omar ash-Shishani of ISIS posing with an Iraqi army Hummer: pic.twitter.com/DLUZ6MQUJqThe US military equipment captured by ISIS is worth millions of dollars, the New York Post reported.
- Aymenn J Al-Tamimi (@ajaltamimi) June 15, 2014
Yep, a whole truckload of #Iraq army Hummers captured by ISIS and on their way to #Syria: pic.twitter.com/BLqcbhnL52"We're aware of reports of some equipment - namely Humvees - and the pictures that have been posted online," Pentagon spokesman Cmdr. Bill Speaks said in an email to Fox News. "We are certainly concerned about these reports and are consulting with the Iraqi government to obtain solid confirmation on what assets may have fallen into ISIL's hands."
- Aymenn J Al-Tamimi (@ajaltamimi) June 13, 2014
#Iraq: Jamaat Ansar al-Islam with a captured Iraqi army tank: pic.twitter.com/84FFGnXTXkThe photoshopped image of Michelle Obama with the #bringbackourhumvee hashtag is a take-off of her #bringbackourgirls Tweet aimed at the kidnapping of 276 Nigerian schoolgirls by militant group Boko Haram in that country.
- Aymenn J Al-Tamimi (@ajaltamimi) June 13, 2014
#Humvees_AsPurchased_WithYourTaxDollars Islamists Mock Michelle with: #BringBackOurHumveehttp://t.co/44HN98RCQn ... pic.twitter.com/4oTmxc2N8NIt's not the first time the Obama tweet has been hijacked. In May, a viral anti-drone meme campaign took off with photoshopped pictures of the US first lady holding signs such as "My husband has killed more young girls than Boko Haram ever could" and "#Stop drone murder."
- Tom T. (@VRWCTexan) June 18, 2014
#BringBackOurHumvee we miss them, it would be a shame to #drone them. #Iraq#ISISpic.twitter.com/xhTlX5ChUmAmericans are hitting back against ISIS on Twitter, however.
- Caz Nova (@caz_nova) June 19, 2014
#BringBackOurHumvee or #BringBackOurHumvees before we have to send in the 72 Virgin Dating Service ... pic.twitter.com/UnDmgxOR8W
- LOLDems (@LOLDems2012) June 18, 2014
Comment: Advice when reading the MSM: flip every statement to reveal the truth.